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November 13,2012

Public Hearing

MEMORANDUM

November 9, 2012

TO:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

County Council

Amanda Mihill, Legislative

Attorney~

Public Hearing:

Bill 29-12, Merit System Protection Board - Annual Public

Forum - Elimination

Bill 29-12, Personnel Merit System Protection Board - Annual Public Forum - Elimination,

sponsored by the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee was introduced on

October 16, 2012. A Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee worksession is

tentatively scheduled for November 19 at 2:00 p.m.

Bill 29-12 would eliminate the requirement for the Merit System Protection Board to hold an

annual public forum on personnel management in the county government.

This packet contains:

Bill 29-12

Legislative Request Report

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Bill No.

29-12

Concerning: Merit System Protection

Board - Annual Public Forum ­

Elimination

Revised:

9/12/2012

Draft No. 1

Introduced:

October 16, 2012

Expires:

April 16, 2014

Enacted: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Executive: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Effective: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Sunset Date:

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Ch. _ _, Laws of Mont. Co. _ _ __

COUNTY COUNCIL

FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

By: Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee

AN

ACT to:

(1) eliminate

the requirement for the Merit System Protection Board to hold an annual

public forum on personnel management

in

the county government; and

(2) generally amend the personnel law.

By amending

Montgomery County Code

Chapter 33, Personnel and Human Resources

Section 33-7

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Heading or defined term.

Added to existing law by original bill.

Deletedfrom existing law

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original

bill.

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Deletedfrom existing law or the bill by amendment.

Existing law unqffected by bill.

The County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland approves the following Act:



BILL

No.

29-12

Sec.

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Section 33-7 is amended as follows:

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33-7. County executive and merit system protection board responsibilities.

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Public forum.

The Board must convene at least annually a public forum

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on personnel management in the county government to examine the

implementation of Charter requirements and the merit system law.]

Approved:

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Roger Berliner, President, County Council

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Approved:

Date

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Isiah Leggett, County Executive

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This is a correct copy ofCouncil action.

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Linda M. Lauer, Clerk of the Council

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LEGISLATIVE REQUEST REPORT

Bill 29-12

Merit System Protection Board Annual Public Forum

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Elimination

DESCRIPTION:

Bill 29-12 would eliminate the requirement for the Merit System

Protection Board to hold an annual public forum on personnel

management in the county government.

The annual forum requires time and resources, but is not well­

attended.

To eliminate the requirement that the Board hold an annual forum.

Merit System Protection Board

To be requested.

To be requested.

To be requested.

To be researched.

Amanda Mihill, Legislative Attorney, 240-777-7815

To be researched.

PROBLEM:

GOALS AND

OBJECTIVES:

COORDINATION:

FISCAL IMPACT:

ECONOMIC

IMPACT:

EVALUATION:

EXPERIENCE

ELSEWHERE:

SOURCE OF

INFORMATION:

APPLICATION

WITHIN

MUNICIPALITIES:

PENALTIES:

N/A

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